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  • Summary: WELCOME TO THE ORACLE FLEET

    You are an ARKS Operative, a member of an elite task force dedicated to exploring inhospitable planets looking for signs of a dark corruption called the Falspawn. Join forces with allies from four distinct races and choose from nine classes each with unique
    WELCOME TO THE ORACLE FLEET

    You are an ARKS Operative, a member of an elite task force dedicated to exploring inhospitable planets looking for signs of a dark corruption called the Falspawn. Join forces with allies from four distinct races and choose from nine classes each with unique weapons and special abilities and embark on endless challenging missions with friends!

    UNPARALLELED ONLINE ACTION RPG
    Experience the most responsive action combat system in an online RPG to date. With highly customizable attacks and abilities, PSO2's combat encourages players to get creative in their battle strategy. Precision and skill determine the outcome of each combat situation, and with eighteen weapon types to choose from, you are never limited to just one playstyle.

    ULTIMATE CHARACTER CREATOR
    Discover one of the most powerful character creators ever made. With four races to choose from, customizing your ARKS Operative's appearance is just the beginning. PSO2's ever-expanding catalog of editable accessories and layered outfits to mix and match allows for countless possibilities, limited only by the extent of your imagination.

    FREE-TO-PLAY
    Download and play for free on Xbox One. Experience all that Phantasy Star Online 2 has to offer, with no level caps or blocked story content. A Never-Ending Quest Awaits You!
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  1. 70
    If you live for long-term loot grinds, visceral combat, and everything anime then Phantasy Star Online 2 will amuse you with hundreds of hours of entertainment.
  2. Jun 5, 2020
    60
    Extremely dated and worsened by a clunky interface and missing content, Phantasy Star Online 2 probably won't have much to offer to modern players who aren't already invested in its world.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 32
  2. Negative: 18 out of 32
  1. Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Should be steam release but other than that is excellent. Played the JP server so the content is much to keep me enjoy. Fast paced action MMO.
  2. Nov 25, 2022
    10
    Amazing, fun game with tons of longevity and great music to accompany it as well.
  3. Dec 5, 2020
    9
    This game is perfect graphics are little bit old but you should expect it from a 2012 game that sega thought for low end gamers too but thatThis game is perfect graphics are little bit old but you should expect it from a 2012 game that sega thought for low end gamers too but that will be fixed with the new genesis. The game might be pretty difficult at times so I recommend playing episode 5 first to unlock a secret which would make things easier Expand
  4. Oct 11, 2022
    2
    Content
    Think Hack 'n' Slash, not much to do other than attack enemies in new areas when they release them roughly twice a year. Events in the
    Content
    Think Hack 'n' Slash, not much to do other than attack enemies in new areas when they release them roughly twice a year. Events in the game are collected points earned from defeating enemies by staying in a combat zone for hours. Urgent quests, or "raids" in other games, are time-based and happen sporadically throughout the day. High level content is challenging but very repetitive as it's the only content available to you aside from non-stop grinding combat zones once your level is maxed.

    Free to play?
    The core hack 'n' slash part is free. They have many cosmetic gachas and sometimes pay to win gachas with special weapon and armor enhancements. There is a player market, but most players will scalp you instead with high prices. You can also not sell without paying for a premium pack (monthly). One of the main aspects of the games' monetization is wanting you to "bandwagon buy." For example, a player in your group gets a new outfit. Let's say you wanted it and now see them with it. Wow! I really want that more now. The player market has the same outfit but at six million or more meseta. You either have enough meseta (awesome!) or you are paying for the gacha. Be warned, most items in the gacha will not profit you much more than 500k-700k.

    Rewarding?
    No, the chances of a rare drop are slim to none. You are not going to make enough money (meseta) to buy most of the items players sell in the market by grinding your life away. End of quest rewards are awful most of the time, making Urgent Quests and high-level trigger quests feel like a waste of time.

    Community
    It's an online anime-style game that's rated M, so it's mostly full of perverted and immature guys. You'll see a fair share of chat topics ranging from generally fun topics to mostly immature high school type topics. In terms of player characters, I'd say about 95% of them are guys playing the most cookie-cutter unoriginal female characters, wearing the same lewd outfits that all the other male players are wearing on their female characters. Overall, the community is one of the worst due to this. It gets annoying to see the same horny chats almost every day. Sega just enables it since they make money the more they put lewd outfits in gacha.

    My advice play the game solo you'll be less inclined to spend your money on a chance to get a fake outfit that will cost more then a brand new game with hours of content or even gas and a nice dinner in less then 5 minutes. You can always find people to play with in matchmaking and if not try to find a populated block of "AFK" players and maybe someone is advertising a quest you'd like.
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  5. May 27, 2020
    0
    Welcome to Operation Progress screen forever.

    Change to US region on windows settings, else you will get not available on windows store.
    Welcome to Operation Progress screen forever.

    Change to US region on windows settings, else you will get not available on windows store. Download 11.14 GB and install without issues, run game as ADM, now u can play... but wait there is an operation progress screen, only a minute to end no problem, but it will keep adding time since someone decided to make u download all the 7 years content that is not available at moment, cancel it and ah **** here go again, what a turn off from such a big game.
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  6. Jun 3, 2020
    0
    Barely able to play due to lobby lag. Doubt score will change even if they fix it.
  7. Jun 22, 2020
    0
    flaming pile of turd. Would rather read edmons cookbook, absolute donkey sheeeeeeeeeittttttt. Still better than The last of us Part 2

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